CISCO UCS state is no monitored

Hey Team,
got a new challenge to monitor CISCO UCS, as per the link below
completed all the necessary configurations but still the the state view says not monitored.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/msft_tools/scom/scom_2-6/scom_2-6_user_guide/scom_2_6_userguide.html
http://stefanroth.net/2012/06/24/scom-2012-monitoring-cisco-ucs-part-1-emulator-setup/
any ideas what might be wrong.
thanks in advance.
-vrkumar01
RajKumar

Yes on the Root folder of Cisco UCS there is an Event view called Management Pack Events. If there are events in that view take a look at them as they could be the cause of the problem. Also you should make sure SNMP is configured properly on the SCOM box
with the proper community string etc. this will also cause issues with connecting to the UCS box.
hope this helps!
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    NetApp has a great tool in OnCommand System Manager for monitoring the storage system performance. vSphere does a nice job with vSphere Client for datacenter hosts and the guests defined therein. But these blades are used as individual Linux servers....I'm looking for a way to get a view of how the application is using these compute resources.
    Is anyone aware of a useful performance dashboarding tool available for monitoring the performance of blades in a UCS chassis? 

    A couple of answers:
    ESXi hosts are monitored using a connection to vSphere, not directly to each ESXi host. By connecting to vSphere, UCS PM is able to track VMs as they vMotion from host to host. vSphere versions supported are 4.1, 5.0, 5.1.
    Microsoft Servers are monitored using the WinRM protocol. Supported versions include 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2. Hyper-V is supported on 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2.
    UCS PM is a performance and capacity monitoring product for people running UCS-based integrated infrastructures. That means it covers OS, virtualization, UCS compute, storage, and a focused set of network devices.
    DCNM helps people implement, visualize, and manage a UCS Unified Fabric. It works with a really broad range of network devices.
    You might well want both products. It depends on what you're trying to do!
    In general UCS PM is licensed by the server, where all servers in a domain must be covered. There's one version just for the UCS fabric and one that covers all the integrated infrastructure components.
    Perhaps a Cisco employee can respond on pricing.

  • Cisco Unity Connection 8.X and Cisco UCS

    Hi
    We are in a planning phase for Unity Connection 8.X on Cisco UCS C-Series. The Cisco Unified Communications SRND 8.0 states that requires reserving one physical core per physical server.
    what does it really mean?

    See sample depiction below of applications and physical core usage on a server with 2 CPUs and 8 total physical cores. In white is the reservation of one physical core.
    Regards.

  • Cisco UCS VIF path unpinned

    Hi,
    I have the following scenario, Cisco UCS chassis with 2 Blade B440 placed in slot 5 and 7.
    The blade in slot 5 is taking some time but the VIFs get pinned (FI Uplink) after approx 3 min.
    as for the server in slot 7 the VIFs using the adapter 2 remains unpinned and even sometimes the "Link State" becomes "Unknown" and after a few seconds it changes to "up" but the "FI Uplink" always remaining unpinned.
    Apparently the problem only occurs between the adapter 2 and FI-B
    After checking the "IO module 2", I found that the Backplane Port 2/29 is in a failure status.
    I changed the server slot from slot 7 to slot 1 and apparently everything was fine.
    do you have any suggestions?

    Hi,
    you are right I have checked the statistics on the FI server port 1/4 and this is the only interface that has
    fcs and Rx errors (about 30,000 in 2 days).
    I changed the cable but the errors remained.
    I even chnaged the IO module, still the same error.
    I changed the FI interface to 1/7, I got the same errors on the new interface.
    FInally I changed the policy of the IO module to "PortChannel" instead of "None" there is no errors neither on the port channel nor on the interface, this is really weird but after changing the behavior to portchannel, I was unable to reach my servers (neither the ESXI hosat, nor the VMs inside it)
    I am really stucked, any suggestions?

  • Cisco UCS - Syslog /Trap vs Event Subcription

    Cisco UCS allows for clients to subscribe for XML based events that can be used to receive configuration change information over http/https. Is the same/similar information available via Syslog messages or SNMP traps from UCS? If not, what information is available via the Syslog messages or Trap notifications ? Also is the Syslog or Snmp trap functionality supported in the Cisco UCSM simulators ?

    You can set SNMP traps to monitor fans, power supplies, and temperature settings, or to test a call home application. Use the following commands to set SNMP traps:
    test pfmtest-SNMP-trap fan
    test pfmtest-SNMP-trap power supply
    test pfmtest-SNMP-trap temp-sensor
    SNMP Traps and Informs:
    http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/mib/reference/UCS_MIBRef.html#wp75887
    Set up Syslog for Cisco UCS:
    http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10281/products_configuration_example09186a0080ae0f24.shtml

  • Error: Failed to parse path in URl (Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnect)

    I have to shut down parts of my network due to an electrical outage this weekend. I have a Cisco UCS 6100 Server Fabric Interconnect. I am trying to backup the configuration. This is the command I am using create backup tftp://*.24.1.88 full-state enabled.  The error I receive is Error: failed to parse URI.  Which I believe URI means URL.

    Hi Parakiteiz,
    Looks like the format is incorrect and you have an extra 't' on the tftp command you provided.  Please take a look at the link below for configuration assistance.
    Creating backup operaiton.
    http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/cli/config/guide/1-1-1/b_CLI_Config_Guide_1_1_1/CLI_Config_Guide_1_1_1_chapter38.html#task_4704260519853629974
    Please let me know if this help

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